HOUSTON, March 3, 2006 – Swift Energy Company’s (NYSE: SFY) Executive Vice President and CFO Alton Heckaman will speak March 6 at 3:25 p.m. EST to the investment community via live audio webcast at the Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investor Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Interested investors can access the live audio webcast of the presentation and accompanying slide materials located at the Company website http://www.swiftenergy.com.  To listen to this live presentation, viewers are encouraged to visit Swift Energy’s website at least fifteen minutes prior to the beginning of the scheduled presentation to register. A replay of the presentation will be available within 24 hours of the live presentation and will be archived at this site for up to 90 days.

Swift Energy Company, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Houston, engages in developing, exploring, acquiring and operating oil and gas properties, with a focus on onshore and inland waters oil and natural gas reserves in Louisiana and Texas and oil and natural gas reserves in New Zealand. Over the Company’s 26-year history, Swift Energy has delivered long-term growth of its proved oil and gas reserves and production, with per share growth rates of 19% and 33%, respectively. This was accomplished with a disciplined program of acquisitions and drilling, while maintaining a strong financial position.